Oil stick wiper



Oct. 21, 1941. i e. G. LESCHER 2,259,893

OIL STICK WIPER Filed Sept. 6, 1939 3 Greene 61 Leather Patented Oct. 21, 1941 v 2;259,89$ r A on. STICK wnnn" Ctrecne Gi Lescher, Glendale, Calif;

6, 1939, Serial No. 293,590 v.

Application September 40 m. worse-216$ Another object is to provides. construction in the holder of the absorbent wiping" element whereby the device may be readilyfattached to and removed from portions f amotor Vehicle convenient to thereach of a person manipulating 'the oil gauge stick in effecting the oil gauging op e'ration. 4 -'Another object is'to provide a construction'in the absorbent wiping element and'itsmounting whereby the element may be readily 'reri'i oved and replaced. 7 I

A further object is to provide an oil stick wiper in which a wiping paaor fibrous material formed with a slit leading from a margin thereof is held with the material at the inner end of the slit under a state of compression while the material at the outer end of the slit is comparatively loose so as to permit easy insertion of a stick in the outer end of the slit, and then subject the stick to a squeezing action when positioned at the inner end of the slit whereby the wiping action effected by drawing the stick through the inner portion of the slit is enhanced.

With the foregoing objects in view, together with such other objects and advantages as may subsequently appear, the invention is carried into :1

effect as illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device showing it as detached;

Fig. 2 is a view in section and elevation taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a diagram in perspective depicting the invention as applied beneath the hood of a motor Vehicle;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the wiper. depicting a mode of mounting same and illustrating the mode of operation thereof;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating another mode of mounting the wiper.

Referring to the drawing more specifically, I indicates generally an absorbent wiping element and 8 designates a holder therefor; the wiping element 1 comprising a rectangular or block as rem which i formed intermediate its ends 'with' a transverse straight slit- 9 extending through one margin thereof to a point contiguous to but spacednom the opposite margin thereof.

- "The'holder 8 comprises a substantially U- s'hapedstripofsheet metaltbent to conform to -em -'edge-andopposed's-ides of the wiping elementl; the stripbeing here shown as" dimensioned to substantially'conformto' the element 1- so that it's side'edges willextend approximate the d ses'or the element.

- In carrying out "the" invention 7 the metallic strip cor'npri'sing the holder- 8 is formed intermedi'ate its sides-and ends with a slot [0 through which is ex osed the slit" 9 or the element 1.

'As a means of securely fastening the wiping ele'me'nt' between the 'side members 5 I I and I2 of 5 in the'side members fl and land through the opening [3 and isfitted on one'end thereof with anut I-B adapted tobescrewed on the'bolt to clamp the end portions of the side members II and I2 tightly against the wiper element 1 as particularly shown in Fig. 2. The end portions of the side members II and I2 are formed of transverse corrugations l1 and I8 which constitute jaws that are adapted to be clamped into engagement with the margin of a narrow sheet or panel [9 as shown in Fig. 4 or to be clamped into engagement with a rod or bar 29 as shown in Fig. 5.

In the application and operation of the invention the holder 8 is clamped to a support as above stated and as indicated in Fig. 3, convenient to the reach of an operator manipulating an oil stick 2| which is insertable in the crank case 22 of an engine in a well known manner; the device being positioned so that the open end of the slit 9 in the wiper will be presented in a direction to permit ready insertion of the stick laterally therein. To effect wiping of the stick the latter is inserted edgewise in the slit 9 and is then drawn lengthwise so that the sides of the slit will, effect a wiping action on the sides and. edges of the stick.

The sides of the metal holder being flexible, tightening of the nut l6 on the bolt I 4 will act both to clamp the jaws ||l8 on the support l9 or 20 and to draw the outer end portions of the sides H i2 toward each other so as to place the inner marginal portion of the wiper element 1 under compression so as to render the wiper shaped sheet of fibrous absorbent material such more compact at the inner end of the slit 9 than at the outer end thereof. By this arrangement the outer marginal portion of the wiper element will be sufliciently free and yieldable to permit easy insertion of the oil stick into the outer end of the slit; the portions of the wiper element forming the sides of the outer end portion of the slit readily spreading on advancing the stick therebetween. However, by compressing the inner marginal portion of the wiper element to render such portion more compact, the sides of the inner portion of the slit are rendered more resistant to spreading so that when the stick is advanced into the inner end portion of the slit and then drawn lengthwise therethrough the wiper element will closely and tightly conform to.

the stick and thereby effect a thorough wiping action thereon. l

The inner end of the slit 9 is spaced outwardly from the ends of the slot If) so as to present a wiping wall 23 to the advanced edge of the stick whereby on operating the stick when abutting the wall 23 the one edge aswell as both sides of the stick will be wiped; then by withdrawing the stick and reversing it edgewise, in the wiper the other edge of the stick may be wiped. However, the

material of the wiper element being slightly resilient and being compressedand pinched between the sidesoftheholder with the-sides of the "slitabutting; thematerial forming the side walls ofthe slit will-tend to'protrude around both edges of the stick; and accordingly in some instances will effect adequate wiping of both edges of the stick on- 'drawing the stick lengthwise through the slit 'ina singleoperation.

Oil wipedfrom the stick will be absorbed in part' by the wiper but in some instances a portion of the oil wiped from'the stick may drip from the wiper which latter is accordingly preferably mounted where such drip will be caught where unobjectionable;

While the wiper element is preferably formed of an absorptive or semi-absorptive material it may also 'be formed of an elastic or flexible non- 7 support;

absorptive material such as rubber, rubber composition, Neoprene and the like, which is capable of being flexed and compressed.

I claim:

1. In an oil stick wiper, a sheet of wiping material formed with a slit leading from an edge thereof, a U-shaped holder folded toextend astride said sheet having a slot in the folded edge through which said slit is exposed, means for clamping the side members of said holder against said sheet, and jaws on the base of said holder positesidesthereof to expose said slitthrough the opposed sides and said folded edge-of said holder. I

3. The structure called for in claim 2 together with clamping means interconnecting the free end portions andextending through the unslitted portion of the pad to clamp said pad therebetween adapted to hold one marginal portion of the pad under a greater state of compression than the opposite marginal portion'through which the slit extends.

4. The structure called for in claim 2 together with clamping means interconnecting the free end portions of said holder to clamp said pad therebetween adapted to hold one marginal portion of the pad under a greater state of-compression than the opposite marginal portion through which the slit extends, and means on the free ends of the sides of said holder cooperative with said pad clamping means for engaging a GREENE G. LESCHER. 

